Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be relat….

I grew up in the early '70s in New England..

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted..

Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it..

Hits are for squares..

I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything..

I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, commu….

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was, in a way, very basic. So all I wanted to have was drums and another guitar ….

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the street….

People... of the universe! Tonight... is the night.. when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will say... ….

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion..

My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper.

Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opte….

I really want to do a book on the history of the no-wave music scene in New York, how it extended out and formed lots of other things. It was such a ….

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular….

Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with ex….

I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by s….

Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song ….

People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you h….

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band..

Rock'n'roll saved my soul..